Life, 1887-06-30 · page 17 of 21
Life — June 30, 1887 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with one small cartoon. The single illustrated joke depicts an Irish visitor observing someone painting a sign, commenting that "the man that putt up that sign must a' shuttered like blazes"—a play on words exploiting the Irish brogue stereotype. The humor relies on mispronouncing "shutter" (as in paint application) as a speech impediment, mocking Irish immigrants' accents common in 1880s American satire. The page otherwise contains notices for late-19th-century luxury goods: Cunard bicycles and tricycles, carriages, fine canoes, printing ink, distilled water, whiskey, beauty treatments promising bust enhancement and weight loss, portable cottages, and Huckins' soups. The advertisements target middle and upper-class consumers. No significant political content appears; this represents typical Life magazine advertising and minor ethnic humor from the period.
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LIFE JOHN PATTERSON & CO. | EP *oyttioninsg 2 ig gh gh Ae MUNCZI LAJOS PRINCE PAUL ESTERHAZY'S ORCHESTRA. Tailors & Importers, Apuission go Caer e? “uatpuas a5 Canes ‘Ajeeb, the Mystifying Chess Automaton. Patterson Building, HYGEIA DISTILLED HYGEIA SPARKLING WATER in bottles fos. 25 & 27 WA. 26th Street, tion. Rew Pork. JAMES W. RENWICK, 39 WOOSTER STREET, AS in Stock a Large Assort- ment of SEASONABLE CARRIAGES, including Novelties in Buck-Boards, Depot Wagons, Shooting Wagons, Carts, etc. Also, a large number of Second-Hand Vehicles by BREWSTER & CO. (of Broome Street.) proven,. can only be obtained by distil URE WATER, scientific experiments in Europe and America have WATERS will stand any test. ! a specialty. Irish Visitor; BEGORKA, NOW, TH’ MAN. THAT = area BOWDISH & CO., | PuTT UP THAT SIGN MUST A’ STHUTTERED LIKE | HEADOUAS LS vu SKANEATELES, N.Y., | prazes. STRAIGHT WHISKIES, Manufacturers of “OLD CROW” AND HERMITAGE, FINE CANOES a peer (i Z SOUR MASH Pont oth earnes sells apent Nong sold leas thas four year nt, Bent evoath eal alling GEO. MATHER'S SONS Ses fens fa sen oer ees oa le dical fastening ribs, seats and beams. Reliable for medical use. a RINTING INK | sisscter Sarna i at so iottistRest ne, | uisaesioereieewingieas ). ROGERS & CO NOUR SPECIAL " LIFE » INK. H, B.KIRK & CO., 1 uy | > AND 9 WARREN STREET —e TO STOUT PEOPLE. ~~ “ ” BESITY easil CUNARD” CYCLES. BERET ees. pisesatiy and careiniy eared — A valnable ‘reatise, showing how fit enn be destroyed «“ ' SpLcara een eaueenim es Teter CUNARD ™ BICHCLES FOR 1887 | gab mibiemtom crete aca At prices as low as $80 for a high grade, ball-bearing “Address E. Ke LYNTON, 19 Park Place, New Yorke wheel! i. Send 4c. for Catalogues. CoMMON SENSE BINDER FOR BINDING “CUNARD” TRICYCLES -LIFE- FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, Cheap, Strong and Durable, Will hold 2% numbers. Mailed to any part “GUNARD” SAFETY BIGYGLE, | sssnnsteet = tires Ww SX HUCKINS’ SOUPS. FOR SPEED AND SAFETY. | | Are you Corpulentt | Turtle, Tornato, Mock T “The handsomest of the safeties.” | TO LADIES | cozees LEAN Sie, Maltgegiy, sulaeTObe a | aan ee L a Sale, ‘Permanent and | Chicken, Mullagatawney, Julienne, Okra o1 c jeah Reducer—Ten to Fifteen Pounds a Month. } é, . i manentiy develop the Bust sud Forms Now i: A . Che “CUNARD” TANDEMS | BEAUTY of Face and Form secured to every Lady Hit iead’ alll csi ont ollet Requlaiten, Unezzled in Ameri rr RICH AND PERFECTLY SEASONED. Require still lead al 1 moving Skin Bisnis, Fla cee Heads) Wrinkles only to be heated and are then ready to serve. Pu ronounced by T. J. KIRKPATRICK, President League | rae eet by Heturn Mal,”Bention up in quart cans only. These soups were first intr * ele “Osi chester Chemical duced to the public in 1855, and have always main of American Wheelmen, t ‘ E ‘ es ican Wheelmen, to be i Moaisoe quero Fausdelpala: Fa tained their excellence and high reputation, Only “ The only tandem worth house room as a conve ertible machine” PO RTA BLE COTTAG ES the very best material is used in their preparation. é SOLD BY ALL LEADING GROCERS. end for 1887 Catalogue with press reports and LL sizes and de- testimonials, © » TS signs. Especially | J- H. W. HUCKINS & CO., mor, adapted for camping Sole Manufacturers, Boston, Mass. 75 CLINFON AVENUE, ‘ fig out, club and lawn | — Ss purposes. Catalogue $27" Send us 20 cents, to help pay express, NEWAR K, N. J . on application. | and receive a sample (pint) can of Tomato RONNE & & EARBOUR, 81 New St., N.Y. Soup, prepaid. comicbooks.com